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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 216

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 151

Genius requires between 21 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 216 was in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 7, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 7, 2025.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on August 7, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.8.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 207
  • loll 201
  • toot 193
  • naan 177
  • nana 177
  • lilt 143
  • till 143
  • tilt 143
  • tint 138
  • nene 137
  • mama 135
  • mamma 135
  • acacia 130
  • acai 130
  • onto 127
  • toon 127
  • onion 124
  • anon 120
  • anal 119
  • olio 116
  • tact 114
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • dodo 113
  • papa 112
  • poop 112
  • baba 111
  • lull 110
  • lulu 110
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • attar 105
  • mono 105
  • moon 105
  • tatty 105
  • tutu 105
  • ammo 104
  • cocci 104
  • momma 104
  • tattoo 104
  • allay 103
  • ally 103
  • loon 101
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 105,149 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,711 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • deet
  • dentelle
  • detent
  • eyeleted
  • eyeletted
  • leet
  • lenten
  • lept
  • letted
  • nett
  • nettly
  • pendently
  • pentene
  • pentyl
  • pettedly
  • pettle
  • pettled
  • tedded
  • teel
  • tele
  • teletyped
  • telly
  • telnet
  • telneted
  • telnetted
  • tenne
  • tenny
  • tenpenny
  • tenty
  • tyee
  • tyne
  • tyned
  • typey
  • typp
  • typy
  • yett

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

delete

noun
  1. A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer.
noun
  1. A deletion.
  2. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

deleted

verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

delt

noun
  1. The deltoid muscle.

dent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
  2. A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
  3. (by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
verb
  1. To impact something, producing a dent.
  2. To develop a dent or dents.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
  2. A slot or a wire in a reed

dented

verb
  1. To impact something, producing a dent.
  2. To develop a dent or dents.

dependent

noun
  1. One who relies on another for support
  2. (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
  3. (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
adjective
  1. Relying upon; depending upon.
  2. Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
  3. (of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms) Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
  4. Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
  5. Hanging down.

dependently

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deplete

verb
  1. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

depleted

verb
  1. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
adjective
  1. Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

detente

noun
  1. A relaxing of tension, especially between countries.

entente

noun
  1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

eyelet

noun
  1. An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
  2. A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter.
  3. Cotton fabric with small holes.
  4. The contact tip of the base of a light bulb.
  5. A peephole.
  6. A little eye.
verb
  1. To make eyelets in.

lent

noun
  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  2. The second term of the academic year at some British schools.
verb
  1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
  2. To make a loan.
  3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  5. To borrow.

netted

verb
  1. To catch by means of a net.
  2. To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
  3. To enclose or cover with a net.
  4. To score (a goal).
  5. To hit the ball into the net.
  6. To form network or netting; to knit.
verb
  1. To receive as profit.
  2. To yield as profit for.
  3. To fully hedge a position.

nettle

noun
  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
  2. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
  3. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
  4. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
verb
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

nettled

verb
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
adjective
  1. Annoyed; offended

netty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Neat, well-groomed, natty.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Netted: made of or employing a net.
  2. Netlike.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.

pellet

noun
  1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
  2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
  4. A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
  5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
verb
  1. To form into pellets.
  2. To strike with pellets.

pelleted

verb
  1. To form into pellets.
  2. To strike with pellets.
adjective
  1. Formed into pellets

pelt

noun
  1. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
verb
  1. To bombard, as with missiles.
  2. To throw; to use as a missile.
  3. To rain or hail heavily.
  4. To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
  5. To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
  6. To throw out words.

pelted

verb
  1. To bombard, as with missiles.
  2. To throw; to use as a missile.
  3. To rain or hail heavily.
  4. To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
  5. To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
  6. To throw out words.
adjective
  1. (in combination) Having a specified kind of pelt.

pendent

noun
  1. A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
  2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
  3. The dangling part of an earring.
  4. A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
  5. One of a pair; a counterpart.
  6. An appendix or addition, as to a book.
  7. (in the plural) Testicles.
  8. A pendulum.
  9. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
  10. A lamp hanging from the roof.
  11. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
  12. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
adjective
  1. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
  2. Pending in various senses.
  3. (of a structure) either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
  4. (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
  5. Projecting over something; overhanging.

pent

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To enclose in a pen.
noun
  1. Confinement; concealment.
adjective
  1. Confined in a pen, imprisoned.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pentatonic scale.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A pentacle or pentagram.

petted

verb
  1. To stroke or fondle (an animal).
  2. To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
  3. Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
  4. To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
  5. To be a pet.
  6. To be peevish; to sulk.

petty

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
  2. A class or school for young schoolboys.
  3. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
adjective
  1. Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
  2. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
  3. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
  4. Begrudging in nature, especially over insignificant matters.

plenty

noun
  1. A more-than-adequate amount.
adjective
  1. Plentiful
adverb
  1. More than sufficiently.
  2. Used as an intensifier, very.
pronoun
  1. More than enough.

teddy

noun
  1. By extension, any stuffed toy.
  2. A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
noun
  1. A plush toy in the shape of a bear.
  2. A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man

teed

verb
  1. To draw; lead.
  2. To draw away; go; proceed.
verb
  1. To place a ball on a tee

teen

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A teenager.
adjective
  1. Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Grief; sorrow; trouble.
  2. Vexation; anger; hate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  2. To become angry or distressed.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

teeny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Very small; tiny.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Fretful; peevish; cross

teepee

verb
  1. To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it.

teletype

noun
  1. A teleprinter
  2. A message printed by a teleprinter
  3. An early input/output device for mainframe computers
verb
  1. To operate a teleprinter
  2. To send a message via teleprinter

tell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  2. That which is told; a tale or account.
  3. A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
verb
  1. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  2. To narrate.
  3. To convey by speech; to say.
  4. To instruct or inform.
  5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  7. To reveal.
  8. To be revealed.
  9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  12. (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

tend

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
  2. (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
  3. To contribute to or toward some outcome.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
  2. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
  3. To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
  4. To await; to expect.
  5. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
  6. To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.

tended

verb
  1. (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
  2. (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
  3. To contribute to or toward some outcome.
verb
  1. (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
  2. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
  3. To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
  4. To await; to expect.
  5. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
  6. To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
verb
  1. To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.

tenet

noun
  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

tent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
verb
  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Attention; regard, care.
  2. Intention; design.
verb
  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  2. A probe for searching a wound.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

tented

verb
  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.
verb
  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
adjective
  1. Covered with tents.

tepee

noun
  1. Alternative form of teepee

type

noun
  1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
  2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
  3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
  4. A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
  5. Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
  6. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
  7. A blood group.
  8. (corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
  9. An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
  10. A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
  11. The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
  12. A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
  13. A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
verb
  1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
  2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
  3. To determine the blood type of.
  4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
  5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
  6. To categorize into types.

typed

verb
  1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
  2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
  3. To determine the blood type of.
  4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
  5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
  6. To categorize into types.
adjective
  1. Typewritten
  2. (of a variable, expression, or value) Having a specific data type.
  3. (of a programming language) In which variables are typed.

yente

No Definition Found.